Nancy GORMAN, Plaintiff,
v.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Eli Lilly & Co., The Upjohn Co., E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Merck Sharpe & Dohme Co., Inc., and Burroughs-Wellcome Co., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 17, 1986.
March 17, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
McBurney & McBurney, Cristine L. McBurney, John F. McBurney, Jr., Pawtucket, R.I., for plaintiff.
Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Robert L. Dickson, Santa Monica, Cal., and Hanson, Curran & Parks, William A. Curran, Dennis McCarten, Providence, R.I., for defendant Squibb.
Gunning LaFazia & Gnys, Edward L. Gnys, Jr., Providence, R.I., for defendant Abbott.
Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Tucker, Bruce G. Tucker, Dennis J. Roberts, II, Providence, R.I., for defendant Upjohn.
Rice, Dolan & Kershaw, John F. Dolan, Judith Crowell, Providence, R.I., for defendant Burroughs.
Gidley, Lovegreen & Sarli, Thomas D. Gidley, Providence, R.I., for defendant Merck.
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Marshall Simonds, Anthony M. Feeherry, Timothy J. Langella, Boston, Mass., and Edwards & Angell, Richard M. Borod, Providence, R.I., for defendant Lilly.
United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
Rights of removal of various types have often been freighted with controversy.1 This case falls in that mode and presents a question as to the propriety vel non of the transfer of this action from the Rhode Island Superior Court to this tribunal under the aegis of 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b). The tale follows.
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